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UPEK names new chairman

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

UPEK, a developer of professional and consumer biometric fingerprint solutions, has named Alan Baratz as their new chairman of the board. Baratz’s professional experience that led him to this role include executive positions at Sun Microsystems, IBM, Versata, Zaplet, NeoPath Networks and Cisco.

While at Sun, Baratz managed the Java platform from its early development stages to its common usage today. UPEK is excited at the possibilities someone with Baratz’s background in technology can bring to their company and assist them in this time of heavy growth in the biometric market. [end] 

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